Drum and cymbal beater



April 7, 1931. H. A. HIERS ET AL DRUM AND CYMBAL BEATER Filed Feb. 18,1930 INVENTORS' Wk I l B L/(LL A ORNEY 1 Q WAM Patented Apr. 7, 1931UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HERBERT A. HIERS AND RALPH H. HIERS, OFGRANVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, .AS-

SIGNOBS T0 NOBLE AND COOLEY COMPANY,

CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS OF GRANVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, A

DRUM AND GYMBAL BEATER Application filed February 18, 1930. Serial No.429,266.

This invention relates to drum and cymbal strikers, and moreparticularly to the pedal actuated type of such beaters.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a pedal for operatinga cymbal striker simultaneously with a drum beater, and means forswinging the cymbal striker out of its striking position to anineffective position.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for maintaining thesaid cymbal striker in adjusted position.

Another object is to produce a device of the character described inwhich the maximum simplicity of construction and operation is secured.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of theimprovements is better understood, the invention consistingsubstantially in the novel arrangement and co-relation of parts hereinfully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinsimilar reference characters are used to describe corresponding partsthroughout the several views, and then finally pointed out andspecifically defined and indicated in the appended claims.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventiveconcept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention isnot to be restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and thelatter therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather thana restrictive standpoint.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofmechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustration,

is shown in the accompanying drawings, in

which I Figure 1 is a front view of a drum and cymbal arrangementshowing our invention as applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of our pedal and strikers.

Figure 3 is a side view thereof and Figure 4 is an end view looking fromthe left of Figure 3.

Referring now to the drawings in detail 5 indicates adrum to which thereis suitably secured a cymbal 6. Suitably spaced from the drum there isplaced a pedal 7 which preferably comprises a support 8 having a wireframe 9 hingedly supported thereon at 10. The frame 9 is preferably madeof a single strand of heavy wire and provided at one end thereof with ahorizontal cross bar 11 extending acrossthe lower triangular portion 12of a drum striker 13 pivoted at 14 on the support 8. A spring 15 isanchored at one end to the pedal frame 9 and at its opposite end to thesaid striker 13, to maintain the said parts in operative relation.

The striker 13 is provided with an oflset arm 16 which at the topthereof is formed into a loop 17, through which is passed a screw orstud 18 upon which there is rotatably mounted a cymbal striker 19frictionally maintained against the said loop 17 by means of a spring 20exerting a tension against the said striker 19 and a washer 21 on thestud 18. The lower portion of the cymbal striker 19 is provided with adetent arm 22 in engagement with the. arm 16 and provides means formaintaining the said striker 19 in either striking or non-strikingposition.

If desired the cymbal striker may be made integral with the arm 16 byproperly extending same or it may be entirely omitted the device thenacting as a single beater or striker.

From the foregoing it will be seen that we have provided a simple andeflicient drum and cymbal striker with means thereon for bringing one ofsaid strikers into effective or ineffective position and for maintainingthe said striker in said positions.

Having described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. In a device of the character described, apivotally mounted pedal frame, a pivotally mounted striker, an extensionon the pedal frame bent up therefrom and in direct engagement with thestriker and a spring secured at one end to the striker and at itsopposite end to the pedal frame.

2. In a device of the character described, a pivotally mounted pedalframe, a pivotally mounted striker, an extension on the pedal frame bentup therefrom and in engagement with the striker, an arm extending fromthe striker and integral therewith, a second striker on the said strikerarm and a spring secured at one end to the first mentioned striker andat its opposite end to the pedal frame. 7

3. In a device of the character described, a pivotally mounted pedalframe, a pivotally mounted striker, an extension on the pedal frame inengagement with the striker and a spring secured at one end to thestriker and at its opposite end to the pedal frame, an arm extendingfrom the said striker, a second striker pivotally mounted'for adjustmenton the said arm, and spring means for maintaining the second striker infrictional con tact with the arm.

4:. In a device of the nature described, a base, a pedal frame pivotednear one end thereof, a drum striker pivotally mounted near the oppositeend of the base, an extension on the pedal frame in contact with thedrumstriker, an arm extending from and g integral with the drum striker, aloop on the said arm, a bearing post in the said loop, a cymbal strikerrotatably mounted on the said post, a detent arm on the cymbal striker,a spring to maintain the cymbal striker detent 39 in frictionalengagement with the drum striker extension, and a spring in operativeengagement with the pedal frame and drum striker. 5. In a device of thecharacter described, a. striker frame, a lower bent up pivot formingsection thereon, a pivotally mounted pedal frame, an extension bent fromthe said pedal frame in direct engagement with the pivot forming sectionon the striker frame, and a 40 spring'secured at one end to the pedalframe and at its opposite end to the striker frame. In testimony whereofwe hereunto affix our signatures.

- 1 HERBERT A. HIERS. RALPH H. I IIERS.

